It's that time of the year - Christmas countdown - a kind of blog Advent calendar. This year, my December blog posts will be about Christmas foods which will hopefully give you a glimpse of the history and traditions of many of the Christmas foods we love. Today, the first of December - it's Christmas pudding which is my favourite of all the rich delicious food of Christmas. Every family with English origins has a traditional recipe, and in our family my sister -in-law always brings the pudding to the Simmons family gathering - it is always fantastic, with brandy cream of course. A newer tradition in our immediate family is that my daughter -in-law makes the pudding in the traditional way of boiling in cloth for hours. I found this amazing recipe for Christmas pudding, no doubt published in most Australian newspapers of the time, but this copy comes from "The West Australian, 25 October 1927 EMPIRE CHRISTMAS PUDDING. A Royal Recipe. The King's chef,...
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